| READYSTEADYGO | Words uttered by the starter of the race? (5,6,2) |
| FEEFIFOFUM | Words uttered by the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk (3-2-2-3) |
| NIS | Title starter of the 14th Kinsey Millhone novel |
| SHEWHO | Mrs with title in a word uttered by the web's dome house (3,3,4,2,6) |
| PRESUME | Dr. Livingstone, I words uttered by Henry Morton Stanley on theA shores of Lake Tanganyika in 1871 |
| DICES | Chops up the starter of dates with cold refreshments (5) |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Parking roasting pan out back, batter that man the starter of red snapper (12) |
| LOANSHARKS | Those generating a lot of interest in the starters of antipasti - namely, salami hams found in Early Birds (4,6) |
| INEDIBLE | Dine out in France: the starters of intestines and brains ingested - unfit for consumption (8) |
| TWOPAIRS | Starters of the wonderfully organic pears, reportedly, with a couple of dates (3,5) |
| ADAMANDEVE | Starters of the first race? |
| TOFFEE | Sweet and sour in starters of the Eastern eateries (6) |
| FINISHINGPOST | A job that's the last straw at the end of the race? (9,4) |
| CLEVELANDINDS | Fleming was left off the starters? |
| SORRY | The 'S' word uttered by Australia's Prime Minister Rudd in his apology to the Aboriginal people of the nation |
| SLIPOFTHETONGUE | Wayward word uttered by hopeful setting out to claim love? (4,2,3,6) |
| ROSEBUD | Dying word uttered by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane |
| CHEESE | Word uttered by shooter in Lancashire, say? (6) |
| SPRINT | Will The Southerner print the result of the race? (6) |
| BAH | First word uttered by Scrooge |
